Several hundred million light-years away.
Wind and lightning flickered around Lin Baichuan, piercing through the void as he came to a stop atop a cliff.
Boom... Bang...
At that moment, an earth-shattering roar erupted from behind him.
Terrifying ripples ravaged the surroundings, sweeping in all directions like a tsunami. Wherever they passed, spacetime shattered, and endless dimensions turned to nothingness in an instant.
At the heart of that nothingness, a sinister and bizarre aura surged alongside the torn spacetime.
Everything within over a hundred million light-years was forcibly swallowed.
"No..."
"Help! Save me..."
Miserable screams immediately echoed through the vast void.
Some had failed to flee in time, while others had reacted half a beat too slowly. They were instantly crushed by that terrifying surge of energy, body and soul obliterated.
The screams echoed, but only for an instant before silence returned.
All those who had failed to retreat in time were reduced directly to ashes beneath the impact of the energy aftershock.
Heaven and earth fell into dead silence.
The center of the battlefield had completely become a void.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Suddenly, a faint coughing sound came from within the void.
A figure appeared.
It was Xuan Zhan.
A strange, sinister aura radiated from his body. His entire person seemed to have transformed into an evil black hole, carrying the force to devour everything.
However, his aura was clearly somewhat unstable.
As his body swayed, it was apparent that he was outwardly strong but inwardly weak. He could not even contain his own aura, which was fully exposed.
With the Eye of Void Piercing, Lin Baichuan immediately saw through Xuan Zhan's predicament.
"He's seriously injured. A good opportunity..."
Lin Baichuan's gaze sharpened, killing intent like blades within his pupils.
Yet he did not strike at once. Instead, his